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minus-squarejj4211@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 month agoSuccess is awarded to the confident. You can be an absolute weird idiot and still, in the right circumstances, get massive success just because people assume there’s a reason you seem so confident, and who are they to second guess that confidence?
minus-squarebss03@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 month agoConfidence is often mistaken for competence. I’d like to believe that’s why “con(fidence) men” are ever successful.
minus-squareSLVRDRGN@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·1 month agoThat’s literally the only reason Trump is where he is. He’s not actually good at anything.
Success is awarded to the confident. You can be an absolute weird idiot and still, in the right circumstances, get massive success just because people assume there’s a reason you seem so confident, and who are they to second guess that confidence?
Confidence is often mistaken for competence. I’d like to believe that’s why “con(fidence) men” are ever successful.
That’s literally the only reason Trump is where he is. He’s not actually good at anything.